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Danek A. Freeman

Biography

Danek Freeman is a partner in the Firm’s Banking and Finance practice based in New York. He regularly advises leading financial institutions in a wide range of domestic and cross-border financing transactions, with a particular focus on leveraged and investment-grade acquisition finance and syndicated lending.

Mr. Freeman's practice also includes asset-based finance, project finance as well as restructuring and debtor-in-possession financings.

Clients represented by Mr. Freeman include Barclays, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Lloyds, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, UBS as well as a number of corporate clients.

Citi, as lead arranger and administrative agent, in connection with an amended $3 billion revolving credit facility for Arconic Inc. established as part of the separation of Alcoa Inc.’s manufacturing and commodity businesses into two stand-alone, publicly traded companies.

Morgan Stanley in providing committed financing for BGC Partners Inc. in its $675 million hostile offer for rival GFI Group

Citi, as sole arranger, in the fully committed bridge facility for FMC Corporation to finance its $1.8 billion acquisition of Cheminova A/S

UBS, as administrative agent, and UBS, Citi and Nomura, as joint lead arrangers, in senior secured credit facilities for Key Safety Systems, Inc. to finance its acquisition by FountainVest Partners

Apollo Global Management and Guggenheim Partners, as lenders, in $285 million first lien credit facilities for Alion Science and Technology Corporation, a provider of engineering, information technology, naval architecture, and operational solutions for defense, civilian government and commercial industries

JPMorgan Chase, as agent, and Barclays, J.P. Morgan Securities, Macquarie Capital, RBC, and SunTrust Robinson, as joint book-running managers, in a $250 million senior secured credit facility for Macquarie Infrastructure Company in connection with its acquisition of all of the equity of International-Matex Tank Terminals (IMTT) that it did not already own.

Barclays, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America, as joint lead arrangers, in $300 million senior secured credit facilities for Beats Electronics

BIF II US Renewable (BIF), an affiliate of Brookfield Power US Holding America Co. and the purchaser of White Pine Hydro Investments, in a $350 million multi-draw bridge term loan facility for BIF to acquire, pursuant to a tender offer, subsidiary notes issued by White Pine Hydro

Citi, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase, as joint lead arrangers, in a $1.27 billion bridge loan facility and a $470 million unsecured term loan facility for Liberty Property Limited Partnership supporting its acquisition of Cabot Industrial Value Fund III